CHAPTER- 5

　　Lian Rui came in from outside when Ruan Zhi was in her bedroom.

　　"The master was in tears just now, saying that she had a dream..." Lian Rui whispered to Ruan Zhi what she heard. Ruan

　　Zhi, who was pressing her temple and looking at the account book with half-closed eyes, raised her eyelids when she heard what Lian Rui said.

　　"Are you sure?" Ruan Zhi asked.

　　"I heard it clearly, and the old lady has sent someone to buy paper money now." Lian Rui said.

　　Ruan Zhi frowned. She was just thinking about Gu Qingci and Xue Sanniang. The mother and daughter had a deep affection, and Gu Qingci was very filial.

　　They were in collusion, so they dealt with it together.

　　As a result, Gu Qingci wanted to send Xue Sanniang to the country farm.

　　Did she predict her prediction and wanted to protect Xue Sanniang?

　　Or did she really want to save her life because of that dream?

　　No matter what the reason was for Gu Qingci, it was good to send Xue Sanniang away so that there would be one less person who was using her status to oppress her.

　　"You did a good job. Go have breakfast first. After breakfast, continue to see what the master wants to do. Take this." Ruan Zhi whispered to Lianrui. Looking at Lianrui's still tender face, she took out a few silver melon seeds from her purse and gave them to Lianrui.

　　Lianrui's face turned slightly red. She bowed to thank Ruan Zhi and went out.

 Lianrui was still young. She was a second-class maid in Ruan Zhi's place before. It was not her turn to serve closely.

　　Now that Ruan Zhi had told her something important, she was very alert and serious.

　　Lianrui had just left when Granny Qin came in with a food box.

　　"Azhi, the cook in the kitchen is too deceiving. It's okay to give less food, but these are all leftovers. No matter how you eat them, the servants of the Gu family won't eat them." Granny Qin complained to Ruan Zhi.

 Ruan Zhi glanced at the food box that Granny Qin opened. The color was turbid and the smell was not good.

　　It was the food she had eaten for a long time in her previous life.

　　"The meals that the cooks give are all ordered by the master. The guards at the door won't let us go out to buy, and the kitchen won't open a small kitchen for us to use for charcoal. They're still trying to control us. Alas, with the mother-in-law bullying her, and the master being so cruel and not caring for his wife, and being controlled everywhere, why is Ah Zhi so miserable?" Mrs. Qin frowned and complained.

　　I thought that the situation would be better after Ruan Zhi was marked yesterday, but I didn't expect it to be like this.

　　"It doesn't matter, I'm not hungry yet. Nanny, don't eat either. You take the silver out to the guards, and it doesn't matter if you give more silver. If you can go out, go find Brother Hu to buy some food, and then ask him to help find a white body named Min Guiyi. If you can't find him for a while, you can find a few old masters with kung fu first." Ruan Zhi whispered to Mrs. Qin.

　　The food reminded her of her past life, and Ruan Zhi's eyes flashed with cruelty.

　　Although Xiuyi Garden belongs to Ruan Zhi's family, "Gu Qingci" specially hired tall and strong guards to guard it.

　　Not only did she not allow people in Ruan Zhi's yard to leave, she also did not allow outsiders to come in to see Ruan Zhi.

　　In her previous life, Granny Qin died of abdominal pain because she ate something unclean.

　　She herself was also suffering from glandular disability because she did not see a doctor in time due to a high fever, and she has been tortured by sequelae.

　　Originally, Ruan Zhi had an injury to her knee, and there were only an old man and a child around her. She was short of people and had many inconveniences.

　　Ruan Zhi did not take any action for the time being because of Gu Qingci's abnormality yesterday.

　　Now, as long as Gu Qingci is her wife, she will be controlled.

 Her status is there, and she can't think that she will stop using those constraints to control her just because Gu Qingci was abnormal yesterday and today.

　　It's better to take action early and get control.

　　Min Guiyi was Ruan Zhi's guard in her previous life, and he was very good at kung fu.

　　If you can find him, many things can be done.

　　Ruan Zhi gave Granny Qin a stack of silver notes.

　　"Azhi, don't you blame Zhenhu?" Granny Qin held the silver notes with a complicated expression.

　　The tiger brother mentioned by Ruan Zhi is Granny Qin's son, Zhao Zhenhu.

　　Ruan Zhi had a misunderstanding about Zhao Zhenhu because of some things before. When she married into the Gu family, Zhao Zhenhu did not come with her, only Qin Pozi came with her.

　　"How can I blame him? That incident was not his fault." Ruan Zhi said.

　　With the memory of the past life, Ruan Zhi saw many people clearly.

　　"Okay, I'll go now." Qin Pozi was a little excited after hearing what Ruan Zhi said. She packed the silver bills and promised Ruan Zhi to go out.

　　After Qin Pozi went out, Ruan Zhi glanced at the food box on the table and called the maid in.

　　"Lianrong, take this food box to the master, you know what to do." Ruan Zhi ordered the maid called Lianrong.

　　Lianrong is Ruan Zhi's big maid.

 She had always been serving close to her before, and she was smart.

　　However, Ruan Zhi had the memory of the past life, and knew that this maid was arrogant and had some beauty. Seeing that Ruan Zhi was not liked by "Gu Qingci", she had the intention of climbing up, so she secretly climbed into "Gu Qingci's" bed, secretly passed the news from her side to Gu Qingci, and later was successfully promoted to a concubine by "Gu Qingci".

　　Ruan Zhi didn't want to see her, but since no one was available at the moment, she could use her to test Gu Qingci.

　　"I know." Lian Rong bowed and said.

　　Ruan Zhi didn't let her into the room for the past two days, and she felt a little uneasy, thinking that her previous flirting with "Gu Qingci" had been discovered.

　　Now that she was ordered to meet Gu Qingci, she couldn't hide her joy.

　　Ruan Zhi waved her hand, and Lian Rong left with the lunch box.

　　While Ruan Zhi was thinking about her future plans, Gu Qingci on the other side finished his meal with the expression of an old man on the subway looking at his phone.

　　She didn't pay attention to what breakfast was on the table at first, but only heard Xue Sanniang asking Ruan Zhi to serve the dishes.

　　She thought there would be a few decent dishes, but now she saw that most of the so-called dishes were small pickles.

　　There were pickled radishes, pickled cucumbers, and pickled cabbages, which were salty.

　　Gu Qingci ate the most pickles in the end times.

　　Before she came here, she lived in an underground supermarket and ate for more than half a year. Now she felt like vomiting when she smelled the smell.

　　The only meat was cold shredded chicken, which tasted very dry and had a fishy smell of chicken.

　　Together with the porridge with sediment and the hardened pancakes, it made up a meal.

　　Even though he was very hungry, Gu Qingci still felt uncomfortable in his taste buds and stomach while eating this breakfast.

　　Gu Qingci barely finished the meal and was exhausted.

　　If the food in this world is worse than that in the end of the world, then let Ruan Zhi kill her now.

　　Gu Qingci was depressed for a moment, remembering that Dongxue said yesterday that a meat bun cost two cents each. With this price, this breakfast seemed a bit too shabby.

　　This made her inevitably suspect that the kitchen had deducted the food expenses.

　　Gu Qingci looked around and found that Xue Sanniang had left to burn paper money at the memorial tablet for Gu's father at home, leaving only the maid Dongxue.

　　"Dongxue, who is in charge of the kitchen?" Gu Qingci asked Dongxue.

　　"My lord, the purchase is done by Zhang Guanshi, and Madam Song is the cook. They are the son and daughter-in-law of Aunt Zhang." Dongxue said.

　　"Oh, where did Aunt Zhang go?" Gu Qingci asked again.

　　"Aunt Zhang went out to hire a human trafficker." Dongxue replied.

　　Gu Qingci remembered that Aunt Zhang's family had children, and they were spread across various "positions" in the Gu family. If Aunt Zhang had not had a daughter, Dongxue's "position" next to Gu Qingci would also be someone from her family.

　　To deal with Aunt Zhang, you have to deal with the whole family.

　　If you really deal with them all, the operation of the Gu family will be almost paralyzed by then.

　　Gu Qingci scratched his head, his head hurt.

　　When Gu Qingci got up and wanted to go to the kitchen to take a look, footsteps sounded, accompanied by low sobs.

　　Gu Qingci looked up and saw a pretty maid carrying a food box coming in, with tears on her cheeks, looking like she had been wronged.

　　"Master, the food given by Madam Song in the kitchen is all leftovers. Master, look, how can we eat this? The servants and the people in Xiuyi Garden are still hungry." Lianrong cried to Gu Qingci while shedding tears.

　　Gu Qingci glanced at the food in the lunch box, and listened to what Lianrong said, his head was buzzing.

　　Ruan Zhi was still hungry!

　　Ruan Zhi ate worse than her with such bad food.

　　And she had been eating for several days.

　　Could the people in the Gu family be any worse!

　　"Dongxue, I'm going to the kitchen. I'll go to Xiuyi Garden later. When Aunt Zhang and the traffickers come, go to Xiuyi Garden and call me." Gu Qingci exhaled, said something to Dongxue, stood up and asked Lianrong to lead the way to the kitchen.

　　Let's quickly solve this breakfast for Xiuyi Garden.

　　Lianrong was happy to see Gu Qingci's reaction.

　　She didn't know about Gu Qingci's change, and only saw that the breakfast brought back by Qin Pozi was the same as before, so she thought Ruan Zhi was still in the same situation.

　　And now when she came, Gu Qingci wanted to take her to the kitchen, which was her face.

　　Lianrong looked at Gu Qingci's face, which was a little better than before, and felt shy and secretly happy. When she took Gu Qingci to the kitchen, she approached Gu Qingci intentionally or unintentionally.

　　"Thank you, my Lord, for taking care of me. I've been thinking about you these days..." Lian Rong tried to flirt with Gu Qingci in a soft voice. Gu Qingci's arm was touched, and he jumped back a few steps as if he was electrocuted.

　　Gu Qingci's eyes widened.

　　She didn't pay attention to it when she was making a sound, but when she heard others talking about it, she got goose bumps.

　　"Don't talk too much, let's go to the kitchen first." Gu Qingci said with a frown.

　　"The kitchen is just in front. That Madam Song is so abominable. She never gives things to Xiu Yi Garden in time. She always takes time, and the things she gives are very poor." Lian Rong pointed to the front and complained.

　　Gu Qingci took a few quick steps, and Lian Rong followed him at a trot.

　　Gu Qingci deliberately kept his footsteps low, and when he arrived at the kitchen door, he pushed it open. Inside, a couple in their twenties and a child in their teens were eating. They were gnawing on bones in their hands, and their mouths were full of grease when they looked up.

　　Gu Qingci was furious.

　　She ate a tasteless meal. Ruan Zhi was still hungry, but the cook's family was eating in the kitchen with their mouths full of oil.

　　"The master's family is hungry, and you are eating a lot here!" Gu Qingci said with a cold face.

　　The couple was the son of Zhang Pozi, the steward, and Song Madam, the cook. They saw the panic on Gu Qingci's face, and Zhang Guanshi reacted first and saluted Gu Qingci.

　　"Master, please forgive me! Those are the leftovers of the old lady. My wife doesn't want to waste them. Master didn't eat well, so let my wife make it for the master." Zhang Guanshi responded fluently and naturally.

　　Gu Qingci's forehead twitched.

　　This person is very cunning at first glance.

　　If he does it again, people will starve to death.

　　"Master, you should make the decision for me. Zhang Guanshi and Song Madam used these leftovers to fool Xiuyi Garden, which is clearly for their own benefit." Before Gu Qingci could speak, Lianrong complained.

　　"Don't talk nonsense. The meals in Xiuyi Garden are all decided by the master." Zhang Guanshi said immediately.

　　"..." Gu Qingci frowned, this was true.

　　The original owner treated Ruan Zhi harshly in all kinds of ways, including food.

　　Without Gu Qingci's instruction, they would not dare to treat Ruan Zhi like this.

　　There are so many pitfalls in the Gu family.

　　"Okay, go to the kitchen to find fresh food and fill up the food box." Gu Qingci said to Lianrong.

　　Lianrong suppressed the joy in her eyes, looked at the couple provocatively, poured out the things that were previously in the food box, and went into the kitchen to get things with a bit of arrogance.

　　"Master, what are you doing?" Manager Zhang asked in confusion.

　　"The past was the past, and now is now. Bring the kitchen purchase account book quickly, I want to see it." Gu Qingci saw Lianrong still taking things in it, so he said to Manager Zhang.

　　If you want to open Manager Zhang and the others, you must have evidence.

　　If they are really greedy, no matter how much they are greedy, they must get it back.

　　"The slave will get it right away." Manager Zhang was stunned, his face became ugly for a while and then returned to normal.

　　He wrote the account book, so what he wrote will naturally match.

　　What's more, "Gu Qingci" is a fool and can't understand the account book at all.

　　Manager Zhang took out the account book and gave it to Gu Qingci.

　　Gu Qingci flipped it open and took a look.

　　Her mind immediately became a mess.

　　Well, she couldn't understand the ancient account book at all. The scribbled cursive script and many traditional Chinese characters made her dizzy.

　　However, she can't read it, but Ruan Zhi can.

　　"I'll take it and have a look." Gu Qingci closed the account book and said to Manager Zhang.

　　Manager Zhang responded.

　　Seeing Gu Qingci's expression, he felt more at ease.

　　Lianrong packed the food box, and Gu Qingci took the account book and went to Xiuyi Garden with her.

　　"The master wants the account book. Is he going to deal with us? He wants us to spit out everything we eat?" After Gu Qingci left, Madam Song asked her husband nervously.

　　"Don't worry. What does the master know? She can't even read the account books. My father has read the account books I wrote, and there is no problem at all. She can't find any mistakes. I guess she wants to please that Madam Ruan, just for show." Steward Zhang said calmly.

　　"Gu Qingci" doesn't know the difference between grains and doesn't work hard, what can she know?

　　Their family has been in the Gu family for so long, and she has done nothing wrong.

　　"Don't eat in the kitchen in the future." Steward Zhang said again, still a little more careful.

　　On the other side, Lianrong packed a lot of food, and it was a bit difficult to carry the food box. Gu Qingci reached out and took the food box in his own hand.

　　Lianrong had nothing in her hands, and she smiled even more when she looked at Gu Qingci.

　　The master really cares about her.

　　Lianrong smiled all the way, wanting to say something to Gu Qingci.

　　Gu Qingci was worried that Ruan Zhi was hungry, so he walked fast with the things, and Lianrong had to jog to keep up.

　　Lianrong didn't eat breakfast, and thought that Gu Qingci would let her eat first. As a result, Gu Qingci carried the food box into Ruan Zhi's room in one breath.

　　Lian Rong wanted to say something, but she was so out of breath that she couldn't speak.

　　When Gu Qingci entered Ruan Zhi's bedroom, Ruan Zhi was lying in the gauze curtain. Through the hazy gauze, the beauty looked lazy and sexy.

　　But when the beauty's phoenix eyes were raised, they released cold light, which seemed to be able to pierce the gauze curtain.

　　Gu Qingci pursed his lips and walked a few steps to the gauze curtain.

　　"Madam, it's all my fault. I didn't know that Gu Qingci treated you so harshly. I brought the freshest food from the kitchen. You eat some first." Gu Qingci said to Ruan Zhi.

　　Ruan Zhi opened the gauze curtain to look at Gu Qingci.

　　What an innocent face, looking pitiful.

　　Dog thing, you can act.

　　You separated you and me from the previous "Gu Qingci", this excuse is really outrageous.

　　"The food is not to my appetite, I can't eat it. You can share it with the maid first." Ruan Zhi said lazily.

　　Qin Po went out to buy food, she didn't care about the food made by the Gu family.

　　Gu Qingci felt that a storm was coming when she heard Ruan Zhi's calm tone.

　　"Madam, what I said before counts. Now the Gu family needs you to be the head of the family. Mrs. Zhang's family are all stubborn servants, and I want to drive them all out. But their family has deep roots in the Gu family, from the shopkeepers to the stewards and cooks of the Gu family. I also need you to help check the account books. If they have embezzled money, they must be recovered. I, I can't read the account books. Please help me, madam." Gu Qingci leaned close to Ruan Zhi and whispered, her voice was soft and sticky, her tone was sad, and she seemed aggrieved and helpless. Gu Qingci

　　thought about it, instead of having to deal with a pit every now and then, it would be better to let Ruan Zhi take over.

　　As the saying goes, the higher the position, the greater the responsibility.

　　She wants to give the highest authority in the Gu family to Ruan Zhi.

　　She just needs to lie down and listen to orders.

　　The pits in the future have nothing to do with her.

　　Perfect solution.

　　Ruan Zhi looked at Gu Qingci who was approaching. The sweet and sour fruity aroma of the other party hit her face, and his attitude made Ruan Zhi soften her heart for a moment.

　　Ruan Zhi resisted the urge to pinch Gu Qingci's chubby cheeks, and reached out to push him away a little.

　　"I am the boss?" Ruan Zhi asked, she suspected that she had heard wrong.

　　"Of course, the madam is the boss!" Gu Qingci said firmly.

　　Quickly swallow up this "company" of the Gu family.

　　Please.

　　She has a headache as a pseudo-boss.

This shabby "company" has no future and is full of pitfalls. The boss should take over quickly!